6 Quotes by Susan Sey

Wish in one hand and spit in the other. See which one fills up first.” “I’ve heard that one,” he said. “Only it wasn’t spitting.

Cozumel – with or without the bride’s sister – surprised Bel anymore. But it always surprised the bride. That was the part Bel didn’t understand. Because when your groom wasn’t totally.

We know that family is precious, that love is rare, that fate is unkind.

The balance of family duty, as he knew from vast experience, lay in simply showing up. Just being there through it all, whether your presence was wanted or not. Nobody with family – any decent family anyway – suffered alone. It simply wasn’t allowed. Your family sat there with you in your misery, propping you up, renting DVDs, serving snacks and making bad jokes until you were ready to venture out again on your own wobbly legs, blinking against the sunlight. Bel.

But we know what’s important. We know that family is precious, that love is rare, that fate is unkind.

My mom always said there was nothing wrong with this country that couldn’t be fixed by turning half the churches into libraries.